քանոն

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Armenian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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A ruler--a measuring device

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian քանոն (kʻanon).

Noun

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քանոն (kʻanon)

  1. ruler (measuring tool)
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Etymology 2

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dude with kanoon

From Ottoman Turkish قانون (kanun), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn). Doublet of Middle Armenian ղանոն (ġanon).

Noun

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քանոն (kʻanon)

  1. (music) kanoon
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Descendants
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  • English: kanon

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “քանօն”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages

Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Via Classical Syriac or Parthian from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of կանոն (kanon).

Noun

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քանոն (kʻanon)

  1. rod, bar of a cage, bed, etc.
  2. ruler, rule, square (tool)
  3. (figuratively) rule, guide, model, principle

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քանոն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քանոն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քանոն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press